Since i have ordered a vector mountain -07,i thought about adding reverse.My previous 4 stroke, a Nytro er had it.What i did not like was the chaincase slop you get when you have reverse,it seemed like the clutch engagement was to abrubt on take offs and at slow speeds.My question is.Is it the same abrubt clutch engagement on a vector without reverse?
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I'm having a hard time figuring out if you're complaining about chaincase slop or clutch engagement. The nature of the reverse is that there will be some "slop" from the joint between the driven gear and the reverse gear - they sit back to back on the driveshaft and have very VERY big teeth and about a 25 degree slop to facilitate meshing them together when shifted out of reverse into forward.
The clutch engagement itself is not related at all to the chaincase. If you want a softer engagement, you can change the primary spring, rollers, or weights. Really not a big deal, HOWEVER, I really don't think you want a softer engagement. Soft engagement will burn belts. Abrupt engagement does not.
The clutch engagement itself is not related at all to the chaincase. If you want a softer engagement, you can change the primary spring, rollers, or weights. Really not a big deal, HOWEVER, I really don't think you want a softer engagement. Soft engagement will burn belts. Abrupt engagement does not.
what i dont like is the clunking sound at take offs and slow slow speeds.
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Clunking would be the reverse and not the engagement. Ignore it, theres nothing wrong with it.
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Inside the primary there is 2 half moon shaped washers, they are 5 mm thick each. These washers controls the distance between the primary sheaves and the belt at rpms below engagement.
With a new broken in belt in the primary sitting at the bottom of the primary, measure the gap between the belt and the sheave. If this gap is wide like 0,04" or more you will have a rough engagement from the movable sheave slamming into the belt at take off, the wider the gap the rougher the take off gets. I did grind off the half moons to have 0,025" gap. Take off is smooth even at 4000+ rpms engagement. Belt life and slow speed ridability is improved as well.
If you don't want to grind off your stock washers, they can be ordered from Hauck Powersports, they come in many different sizes.
You will have to take the stationary sheave off from the primary to get to the washers. You will need special tools and a blow torch to get the sheave apart from the primary.
With a new broken in belt in the primary sitting at the bottom of the primary, measure the gap between the belt and the sheave. If this gap is wide like 0,04" or more you will have a rough engagement from the movable sheave slamming into the belt at take off, the wider the gap the rougher the take off gets. I did grind off the half moons to have 0,025" gap. Take off is smooth even at 4000+ rpms engagement. Belt life and slow speed ridability is improved as well.
If you don't want to grind off your stock washers, they can be ordered from Hauck Powersports, they come in many different sizes.
You will have to take the stationary sheave off from the primary to get to the washers. You will need special tools and a blow torch to get the sheave apart from the primary.
